Feron comatum (Weld, 1952), comb. nov.

Gall (Figs 122–123). Conical, 3.0 by 1.4 mm, tan when mature, thin walled, covered with crinkly white matted hairs. Produced singly at edge of leaf. The gall is difficult to distinguish from the sexual galls of F. crystallinum, F. dumosae and F. kingi, although this species has an eastern distribution rather than Pacific slope (but see also diagnosis to species above).

Biology. Only the sexual generation is known, inducing galls on Q. alba (section Quercus, subsection Albae). Galls mature in early spring; adults emerge in late April–May.

Distribution. USA: VA (Weld 1952b).

- Victor Cuesta-Porta, George Melika, James, A. Nicholls, Graham N. Stone, Juli Pujade-Villar: (2023) Re-establishment of the Nearctic oak cynipid gall wasp genus Feron Kinsey, 1937 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), including the description of six new species^©